Linjiang Tower is just like its name, built by the water. It is extremely conspicuous in the rough trellis around it, with a scattered wave of smoke, just like the Dragon Palace Qiong Tower rising to the river. Compared with the famous buildings in Bianliang and Chang'an, it is not inferior. What surprised Zhao Xingde even more was the speed of building the Linjiang Tower. The newly built Laiyuan City had just built a little, and the Linjiang Tower on the pier had been completed for nearly half a month. He was curious and asked Jin Changtai for clues.

"This is not that I came to Yuancheng to build it slowly," Jin Changtai smiled, "but that the Linjiang Tower was built too fast. Except for the cylinders and beams, which were made of giant Liaodong trees, brackets, spires, gables, colored paintings, and carvings, they were all bought in the State of Song. Just after the roof was set up, the sea boat transported other components. As a result, in less than ten days, the Linjiang Tower got up. It took only a day to lay carpets, install curtains, place porcelain, incense burners and other things."

"So that's it," Zhao Xingde suddenly realized, "I said it tastes a bit like Bianliang."

"Oh?" Li Sihai smiled slightly, "Does Brother Zhao often go to brothels in Bianliang?"

At this time, several maids came up, sat down beside the three adults and poured wine. The Korean woman was wearing white clothes, her upper body was thin and slender, looking pitiful. The loose long skirt was tied high, and the waist of the ribbon skirt was knotted on her chest. The wine was slightly turbid and poured into a glass cup, like flowing amber.

"Person Li, speaking of this, your Linjiang Tower has more input than our taxes on the river."

"It's not my blessing to you, Sima, who only charges a ship of cargo for ten cents. In the future, merchants will gather, and you will just want to do whatever you want. If you tighten your hands, you will make a fortune."

"The blessing of the Guardian Mansion, now most of the taxes are collected by the military office. However, one day the tax collectors and Cao will not be able to help it. Speaking of which, it is better for your Linjiang Tower. By the way, there are tens of thousands of people on both sides of the Yalu River. The Hushang in Liaodong has been in existence for a long time, and you have earned a lot of money on the Linjiang Tower. You should praise it. Zhao, don't you?"

When Zhao Xingde heard that Jin Changtai and Li Sihai were involved in official duties, he frowned slightly. Seeing this, Li Sihai picked up the wine glass and took a sip, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhao, don't worry, they don't understand Chinese." He smiled and said a few words of Goryeo to the maid next to him. The maid blushed and lowered her head. Li Sihai said to Jin Changtai again: "Okay, it's better to ask a few more Taoist masters, and talk about men and women's teaching and receiving without getting along with each other every day. My Linjiang Tower business will be better." He paused, "The Taoist masters in the Song Dynasty Neo-Confucian Society have caused a big trouble recently. Don't you know?"

Although Li Sihai usually likes to joke, he speaks very well. After hearing what he said, Zhao Xingde suddenly became excited, put down his wine glass and listened to his words. Jin Changtai smiled and said, "What big things can happen to a group of scholars? Xingzhi doesn't know yet. The Huguo Mansion has appointed Brother Li as the admiral of the navy. Congratulations." Jin Changtai pulled Zhao Xingde to raise his glass to congratulate him. Li Sihai raised his glass with them. After drinking it, he sighed and said with regret, "To build a real sea patrol naval master, you must devote the country's strength. Unfortunately, there is some trouble in the Huguo Mansion to build a large-scale warship. However, Your Majesty has paid out two million guan of internal coins, first purchase the wood used for shipbuilding, start to build some small gunships, and train shipbuilders and warship sailors at the same time."

Seeing Zhao Xingde's nervous look, Li Sihai thought he was worried that the shipbuilding materials cut down in Liaodong could not be sold, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhao doesn't have to worry. Although he only built small gunships at the beginning, in my opinion, Your Majesty is determined to build a navy. The top-quality materials needed for shipbuilding must be hoarded in advance and left for five or six years to allow the wood to completely dry out. Therefore, the giant trees cut in Liaodong suitable for shipbuilding, Your Majesty will use internal coins to cushion them first, and will still eat them as much as possible and hoard them."

He paused and said, "Even if it is, I said it is, the people in the Ordnance Department are not happy, you still have a way. Chen Dong, the confidant of the Emperor of Song, is vigorously promoting the strategy of sea expansion and reclamation. As long as he can survive this level, Song will buy a large amount of good shipbuilding wood." Li Sihai frowned and murmured, "Maybe the Navy be built on both sides of Guandong and Guanxi, and Zhao Zhengwei, you can even raise the price." The sea outlet of Xia is in Annan, the port is far away from Guanzhong, Shuzhong, and Hezhong. Although the full support of Emperor Chen Xuan, the navy wants to compete with Song, which has a long coastline and many ports at sea. The innate disadvantage is not a little bit.

Liaodong is remote and the news is extremely unfamiliar. The military newspapers still mention the latest situation of Xia State. As for the hearing about the Central Plains, most of them were half a year ago or even a year ago. As Li Sihai spoke, he stopped talking about the topic of the Song Dynasty Neo-Confucian Society. Zhao Xingde was anxious and asked tentatively: "Brother Li just mentioned that the Neo-Confucian Society has caused great trouble again. What is the matter?"

"Brother Zhao is a warm-hearted person," Li Sihai smiled slightly, put down his wine glass, and said disapprovingly, "It's nothing big. The Neo-School actually instructed the assassin to stab Cai Jing's son Cai Jing to death." After saying that, he "tsk tsk" a few times, shook his head, and sighed: "No matter how much the Emperor of Song hates Cai Jing, he is an elder and important official. He retired and returned to his hometown the year before yesterday, and also guaranteed his full son. Cai Jing was the prefect of Hangzhou. When Cai Jing was still prime minister, he abused politics and harmed the people in his post. The people complained, and Cai Jing was called "Cai Hu". After Cai Jing lost power, he restrained a lot. However, no matter how bad he was, he was always appointed by the imperial court of Song. I heard that there was still the legacy of "not killing scholars and officials" in the Bianliang Palace. People in Neo-School actually dared to take the blame for the world and kill him with assassins."

Li Sihai looked up at Zhao Xingde and said, "These scholars are really ignorant and they are ruthless. If you cause this trouble, I will see how the Bianliang court will deal with it and how Chen Dong cleans up this stall." His spirit was as if he was gloating, and he smiled with a wine glass: "The party disputes in Song Dynasty are always so chaotic, so we should watch the fun."

Zhao Xingde held the cup in his hand. The Gaoli maid gently pulled his sleeves, and he came to his senses. He raised his glass and touched Li Sihai and Jin Changtai. He drank it in his mouth, but he couldn't taste the smell of wine, and he felt a little lost.

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In Tokyo, Chen's Censor's Office closed the door to thank the guests, but an empty sedan was stopped at the door. Although Chen Dong's official rank was not high, he was not only a recognized Confucian leader at the time, and the court officials Zhao Ke most trusted. Just a few months ago, due to the soaring grain prices in the south and the court entrusted relief, there were still hungry people causing trouble. Chen Dong was ordered to inspect Fujian, Liangzhe, Jinghu, North and South, Jiangnan and other roads, and investigated several cases of greed. One of them was a disciple of the Neo-Confucian Society. It is widely rumored that Chen Jingshi was selfless and had the name of Chen Qingtian. People talked about it that it was only a matter of time before and after Mr. Shaoyang was appointed as the prime minister to take charge of the government.

It was dusk, and the round table in the flower hall had already been placed on the table to look at the plate. Mrs. Chen frowned slightly and asked, "Have you said goodbye yet?"

"Yes, madam, the master is still discussing with Lord Deng in the study, and I dare not go in and disturb me." When Chen Dong was talking in the study, he never had to serve me.

Li Shishi nodded and said nothing. After marrying Chen's mansion, Li Shishi also learned about Mr. Deng's advice to Chen Dong not to marry a brothel girl. Every time Deng Shouyi visited the mansion, Mrs. Chen would greet him with a smile, and acted more virtuous and polite than any lady from a family. But when Deng Su stayed in the mansion until the afternoon, Mrs. Chen never asked the maid to urge the two adults to have dinner, but kept waiting patiently. Although she could not argue with Deng Shouyi, Mrs. Chen was always unwilling to entertain him to the dishes she cooked with her own hands. Deng Shouyi seemed to always leave in a hurry after talking about business and did not stay in the Chen's mansion for dinner. Chen Dong didn't notice the little act of the wife's family.

Mrs. Chen was sitting leaning against the railing next to the flower hall. The sky was getting darker. She finally sighed, as if she had surrendered, stood up and walked towards the study. As soon as she approached the study, Mrs. Chen was slightly stunned, stopped, and frowned slightly. The debate in the study became louder and louder.

Deng Shouyi slapped the teacup on the table and said loudly: "I inspected the southern routes in the past. An Sigu was only greedy for thousands of chunks of money, but he followed the old customs and customs of the past. He begged to show mercy to your subordinates. This deficit can be made up. You went to take him to sacrifice the flag, fulfilling the name of "Chen Qingtian", but it has caused so much of the hearts of my colleagues in the community. Many people came to me and told me that you, Chen Shaoyang, are not worthy of helping each other, just don't put down the wrongs. I'm good every time

After some comfort, there was no disintegration. I really don’t know what you were thinking. Now, Hu Keji obviously has nothing to do with our club, but he just stabbed Cai Yan to death under the guise of avenging Hou Xiongfei. The treacherous party was planning to make a big fuss and use this to frame our club. It was too late for everyone to hide, but you still had to submit a memorial to defend him." As he said that, he became anxious and raised his tone and said, "Are you afraid that the crime of assassination of the imperial court's official and the crime of treason would not affect you Mr. Shaoyang?"

Chen Dong listened to him patiently and said in a deep voice: "Cai Yan was the culprit in the case of the traitor killing Hou Xiongfei back then. Hu Keji complained everywhere, but the court ignored it, so he had to be angry and blood flowed five steps. According to the dynasty's criminal system, killing people to pay for their lives and beheading them. In order to appease Cai thief, the traitor's remnants actually charged him with the crime of treason and wanted to kill his clan to act in a crime. If his son did not kill Boren, Boren died for me. If our people in the society do not say a word, wouldn't the world be disappointed?" He looked at the autumn wind and leaves outside the window and sighed, "When the traitor's accusation of the people in the society of treason for treason, and even Minghuan died, I swear that I will never allow the traitor to defame people with 'rebellion' again."
Chapter completed!